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Sky Harbor tends to be a good 4 degrees warmer than Falcon Field (Mesa) during the day and 7-8 degrees warmer than Falcon Field at night. That concrete must really heat the downtown up.
Does anyone have any data on how many times Falcon Field has gone above 110 F so far this year? It has to be far fewer than Sky Harbor.
Sky Harbor tends to be a good 4 degrees warmer than Falcon Field (Mesa) during the day and 7-8 degrees warmer than Falcon Field at night. That concrete must really heat the downtown up.
Does anyone have any data on how many times Falcon Field has gone above 110 F so far this year? It has to be far fewer than Sky Harbor.
10 times, sky harbor 22 times. Elevation difference would add 1 degree to SH. Other 3 are because of all that concrete.
7 of the last 13 years the highest temp of the year was 118 or above.
From 1951-1988 it happened only once in almost 40 years. Now why its hotter can be debated. Urban heat island, the growth in size of SH Airport. A general warming trend of the the globe.
The minimum lows for Phoenix are very high too but may be attributed by UHI effect. Not even Iranshahr, Kuwait or Basrah are that hot at night despite higher maximum temp.
Another Arizona record. In Tucson they have had 14 days of 110 or above. The old record was 9 times. They have 8 in a row going on right now. But that streak might end today.
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